House & garden
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Plant your history
Beautiful bountiful bamboo
One of the most recognisable plants growing at Museums of History NSW today is bamboo. This colourful plant has a long history in colonial gardens
![Window cornice (detail), Drummoyne House NSW, c1870s](https://images.slm.com.au/fotoweb/embed/2022/12/77d290a951664f5f983416a2dcd9957b.jpg)
Drummoyne House window cornice
The carved window cornice from Drummoyne House is a rare example of Australian decorative arts
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From the collection: The garden year with Mr Bear
This charming children’s book was published in Sydney in late 1937 or early 1938 by the Australian seed company Arthur Yates & Co
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In conversation with Wendy Whiteley
Wendy Whiteley OAM talks about the significance of Lavender Bay in her extraordinary life as wife, muse, mother, and creator of a much-loved garden
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Turning the leaves of Australian garden history
The Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection comes into bloom with a beautiful collection of rare Yokohama Nursery Company catalogues